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Beware of false prophets
Why are we so drawn to gurus?
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
Questionably loyal opposition
A “rainbow coalition” between Conservatives and the Greens raises questions about the state of the Tories
The malicious and the mad
Two recent productions offer two different perspectives on dark sides of masculinity
A case for Classics
Eager minds are being failed by a smug and short-sighted cultural establishment
Pick up sticks
Christopher Pincher saunters around
town with a stylish walking cane
Our money, abroad
If Whitehall can’t stop taxpayers’ money reaching terrorists, it should stop sending it abroad
The mirage of majesty
Royal charm cannot disguise Britain’s shrinking power in a transactional world
Selling the commons
How Britain put a price on nature
Institutional feminism against women
The likes of Julia Gillard and Jess Phillips have enabled misogyny
Joyless virtue signalling masquerading as scholarship
Dozier’s The White Pedestal is more an exercise in ideology than a search for the truth
London is broken
Local politics can’t offer the renewal our nation’s capital desperately needs
Two faces of America
Copland: 3rd symphony, Walker 5th (LSO Live)